The Story of the Saxophone, Lesa ClineRansome
The Story of the Saxophone, Lesa ClineRansome
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The Story of the Saxophone

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Narrator: Cary Hite

Unabridged: 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/30/2023

Synopsis

You may think that the story of the saxophone begins with Dexter Gordon or Charlie Parker or on a street corner in New Orleans. It really began in 1840 in Belgium with a young daydreamer named Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax—a boy with bad luck but great ideas. Coretta Scott King Honoree Lesa Cline-Ransome unravels the fascinating history of how Adolphe's once reviled instrument was transported across Europe and Mexico to New Orleans. Follow the saxophone's journey from Adolphe's imagination to the pawn-shop window where it caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbol of jazz music it is today.

About Lesa Cline-Ransome

Lesa Cline-Ransome is an award-winning writer and editor who has written more than ten picture books for children, including two ALA Notable books. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, she holds a Master's Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from NYU. Based in Rhinebeck, New York, she is married to artist and illustrator James E. Ransome, with whom she frequently collaborates.

About James E. Ransome

James E. Ransome is an award-winning artist and illustrator who earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. The Children's Book Council named him as one of seventy-five authors and illustrators everyone should know, and his work has won the Coretta Scott King Award, among others. Based in Rhinebeck, New York, he is married to author and editor Lesa Cline-Ransome, with whom he frequently collaborates.

About Cary Hite

Cary Hite is an experienced actor and audiobook narrator who has had the pleasure of working with a number of publishing houses. An Earphones award-winner, he currently resides in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Doreen on March 29, 2023

3/23/2023 Truly wild, utterly engrossing story. Full review tk next week at TheFrumiousConsortium.net. 3/28/2023 If you think of the saxophone nowadays, you think of jazz musicians, perhaps John Coltrane and Stan Getz if you're of a certain musical inclination, perhaps Lisa Simpson and Kenny G if you......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on March 31, 2023

The saxophone feels like such a modern instrument to me. This book tells the story of its invention almost two hundred years ago by Adolphe Sax, the son of an instrument maker. Sax was an accident-prone dreamer, “curious and smart, an absolutely wonderful combination for a boy who loved to invent.”......more

Goodreads review by Panda on April 08, 2023

This nonfiction picture book shares the true story of how the saxophone came to be. The inventor was Belgian, and about half of the book focuses on him. The rest of the book shows different ways that the saxophone spread in popularity and became better-known. The final pages name Black musicians who......more

Goodreads review by Becky on April 07, 2023

First sentence: The story of the saxophone doesn't begin with Dexter Gordon or Charlie Parker. This story isn't told by Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins. It didn't start on a New Orleans street corner with Sidney Bechet. It began in 1814, far, far away, across the seas, in Dinant, Belgium. The story......more

Goodreads review by Becky on October 01, 2024

A picture book biography of Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax and his creation, the saxophone. This is a wild story. For starters, it is a miracle Adolphe Sax lived as long as he did. The list of things he survived before the age of 10 the author presents at the beginning of the book and the crazy things h......more

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